In October 2017 the Shared Data Hub reported that the proportion of EU nationals leaving jobs in the NHS was rising, while the share of those joining was shrinking.

The figures did not include data for GPs and practice staff or Clinical Commissioning Groups, and concerned headcount rather than full-time equivalent posts.

The Shared Data Hub makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the BBC and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:

• ITV News Anglia: NHS staffing fears across eastern region over EU nationals leaving after Brexit vote
• Manchester Evening News: The number of EU workers leaving our hospitals is growing... is Brexit to blame?
• Yorkshire Post: Yorkshire hospitals ‘working hard to retain EU staff’ despite some Brexit-effect on staff quit rates
• Yorkshire Evening Post: Leeds loses increasing numbers of NHS staff post-Brexit...but recruits them back again
• Scotland: The Herald: NHS staff quit over independence worry and Brexit hit recruitment
• Wigan Today: What’s Brexit impact on Wigan hospital staff?
• Get Surrey: Here's how the Brexit vote has affected the number of EU nationals working at Surrey's hospitals
• Swindon Advertiser: GWH suffers Brexit nerves as EU workers taking up posts slows
• Bristol 24/7: IS BREXIT AFFECTING THE NHS WORKFORCE IN BRISTOL?
• The Bolton News: More EU staff leaving NHS after Brexit vote but Bolton defiant against changes
• Bournemouth Echo: Brexit fears: More nurses and doctors from the EU leaving their jobs in Dorset than ever before
• Brighton Argus: Hospitals feel the impact of Brexit vote as number of EU nationals leaving the NHS rise
• Cumbria: The Mail: Hospitals in Cumbria keep EU doctors and nurses - despite Brexit
• Cumbria: News & Star: Hospitals in Cumbria keep EU doctors and nurses despite Brexit
• Hertfordshire Mercury: Number of EU staff quitting jobs at Hertfordshire hospitals has almost doubled since Brexit vote
• The Huddersfield Daily Examiner: European health workers quitting Huddersfield after Brexit vote
• Lancashire Telegraph: Brexit means fewer EU nurses in East Lancashire
• And Lancashire Telegraph: Leading Brexiters say there is ‘no evidence’ Brexit has contributed to a fall in EU workers joining the NHS
• And The Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen Leading Brexiters say there is ‘no evidence’ Brexit has contributed to a fall in EU workers joining the NHS
• Nantwich News: Rise in EU staff quitting Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust amid Brexit fears
• Bradford: Telegraph & Argus: Two district NHS trusts buck trend but third sees more staff leave
• KL.FM News: More EU staff leaving QE
• Birmingham Eastside: NHS brain drain: more EU workers leaving Birmingham hospitals
• Mix 96: Higher percentage of EU staff leaving Bucks' NHS
• Portsmouth: The News: Brexit effect blamed as growing number of nurses leave QA Hospital
• Southern Daily Echo: Percent of EU staff joining a Southampton NHS trust falling annually
• Loughborough Echo: Rise in EU staff quitting Leicestershire healthcare
• Isle of Wight County Press: Drop in EU staff joining Isle of Wight NHS after Brexit

• NHS trusts workforce: 2014-2016

• Line chart: EU nationals and the NHS: Workers as a share of all staff leaving and joining each year 2015-17
• Bar chart: Where the share of EU staff joining increased the most
• Bar chart: Where the share of EU staff joining decreased the most

• Project briefing

• The EU nationals offered right to stay - BBC England Data Unit

A year on from this story, the Bureau Local looked at hospitals' reliance on staff from the EU: "Key hospitals across England depend on the European Union for more than one in five doctors or nurses," they reported. "Meanwhile recruitment from the EU has “plummeted”, said Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, warning that if numbers of nurses continued to fall then waiting times would go up dramatically."